Liberia: Women's Land

Liberia: Women's Land

Giulio Di Sturco was inspired by a place, Liberia, a small nation on the West African coast, and the women of that place. In 2008, Charles Taylor, former president of Liberia, was indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The female experience of the war included widespread sexual violence committed against women and girls. Now, with Africa's only female president, what does the future hold for women in Liberia?

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Giulio Di Sturco studied at the European Institute of Design and Visual Arts in Rome. In 2007, he moved to India where he spent the next five years refining his visual vocabulary, working in close collaboration with Greenpeace, MSF, WHO and Action Aid throughout much of Asia and Africa.